After nearly eight years of marriage, a Los Angeles judge has granted reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s plea to be declared legally single from musician Kanye West.
The businesswoman and “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star filed for divorce from West, who had officially changed his name to Ye, a year ago, citing irreconcilable differences.
The couple has four children, ranging in age from two to eight years old.
West, 44, had openly protested the divorce and urged his wife to return to their marriage.
He chastised her parenting and her current connection with “Saturday Night Live” actor Pete Davidson in recent Instagram posts.
Kardashian’s plea to end the marriage through a bifurcation procedure, which allowed for a change in marital status while other issues were resolved, was authorized by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steve Cochran.
“The Court grants termination of the marital status,” the judge said in a written order issued after a public hearing.
West’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
West, 41, and Kardashian, 41, married in May 2014, making them one of Hollywood’s most talked-about celebrity couples, dubbed “Kimye.”
The couple’s relationship was strained in 2020, when West, who suffered from bipolar disorder, waged an unsuccessful campaign for president of the United States under his self-styled Birthday Party, which was distinguished by erratic outbursts.
With the 21-time Grammy winner spending most of his time at his ranch in Wyoming and Kardashian living in their Calabasas, California, mansion outside of Los Angeles, the couple drifted further apart.
Kardashian sent a statement pleading for empathy for West’s mental health issues.
The marriage was the first for West and the third for Kardashian after she had brief marriages with basketball player Kris Humphries and music producer Damon Thomas.